Testing stimulated emission photon directions

TL;DR

This paper explores the possibility of backward photon trajectories in stimulated emission, proposing tests to verify this phenomenon, which could impact quantum computing, medical imaging, and fundamental physics.

Contribution

It introduces the idea of backward photon trajectories in stimulated emission and proposes experimental tests to verify their existence, challenging conventional understanding.

Findings

Potential observation of backward photon trajectories.

Implications for CPT symmetry and fundamental physics.

Applications in quantum computing and imaging.

Abstract

While naively laser only causes excitation of external target, e.g. Rabi cycle, STED microscopy or ASE/SASE/SSA demonstrate it can also stimulate its deexitation, however, under uncommon condition of being prepared as excited. These two causalities are governed by absorption-stimulated emission pair of equations, and swap places in perspective of T/CPT symmetry, however, it means photon direction of stimulated emission should be opposite to usually assumed, allowing for negative radiation pressure $\vec{p}=\langle \vec{E}\times \vec{H}\rangle/c$. This article discusses various arguments and proposes simple direct tests to experimentally verify existence of such backward photon trajectories, complementing consequent forward textbook trajectories. Depending on the results, it could lead to many proposed applications like medical, astronomical or 2WQC more symmetric quantum computers. Alternatively, if unsuccessful, it would require macroscopic violation of CPT symmetry, so far tested probably only in microscopic settings.